Seat-support.



L. E. WATERMAN.

SEAT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION IILBD AUG. 6, 1912.

1,064,267, Patented June 10,1913.

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LEWIS E. WATER-MAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR TO EMERSON-BRANTINGHAM COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SEAT-$UPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1913.

Application filed August 6, 1912. Serial No. 713,581.

To all whom 2'6 may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwis E. IVATERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to con struct a seat support that can be atlixed to any type of riding implement, so that the seat can be swung out of position, thus allowing the rider to step in front of the seat, then swing it back, the seat automatically locking in position.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my seat support. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view, the seat not being shown. Fig. at is a section on the line 4-l of Fig. 2.

The two supporting bars 1 and 2 can be aifixed in any suitable manner to the implement. Bolted to the bar 1, is the hinged bracket 3, whose movable member is bolted to a cross-bar d which supports, centrally between bars 1 and 2, the seat 5. Bolted to bar 2 is the yoked bracket 6, having formed therewith between its two arms, a vertical rod 7. Bolted to the free end of the crossbar 4, is the bracket 8, which has two laterally extending ears 9, which pivot-ally support a catch 10. The free end 11 of member 8 is formed to engage the bar 7, and its portion between the ears 9 is cut away as shown in Fig. 4:, to allow catch 10 to engage rod 7.

Catch 10 is held yieldingly in engagement with rod 7 by a spiral spring 12. When releasing the catch, the handle formed on catch 10 is simply pushed in, thereby releasing the catch from the rod 7 and allowing the seat to be swung around. hen closing, the curved face 15 of catch 10 will strike againstrod 7, allowing the holding end of the catch to pass over said rod, when the action of the spring 12 will bring the catch into a locked position.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a seat support, the combination of two supporting-bars, a cross-bar hinged to one of the supporting-bars, a seat supported by the cross-bar, a bracket having a yoked end and a rod vertically disposed between the yoke arms, a bracket secured to the crossbar whose end engages the vertical bar, a catch pivoted thereon and adapted to engage said vertical rod, and a spring adapted to hold the catch in a locked position.

3. In a seat support the combination of two supporting-bars, a cross-bar hinged to one of the supporting-bars, a seat carried thereby, a yoked bracket carried by the other supporting-bar and having a closed end, and a catch at the free end of the crossbar, the free end of the cross-bar being adapted to engage the closed end of the yoked bracket and the catch adapted to eX- tend into the crotch of the yoke and grip the closed end thereof on the side opposite to the engagement of the cross-bar therewith.

t. In a seat support the combination of two supporting-bars, a cross-bar hinged to one of the supporting bars, a seat carried thereby, a cross-bolt carried at the end of the other supporting-bar, a bracket secured to the free end of the crossbar and having a hooked end adapted to engage the crossbolt on one side only, and a catch attached to said bracket and engaging the other side of the cross-bolt, thereby holding the bracket and cross-bolt in a locked position, the catch adapted to be yieldably disengaged from said locked position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS E. l/VATERMAN.

Witnesses JOHN F. MGCANN, Jr., E. D. E. N. BEHEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

